Guest: Solomon Rajput for Congress, Portland V Feds
[imgfull] [/imgfull] Guest Solomon Rajput is running to unseat an 87-yr-old political dynasty. Also, it’s getting real in Portland.
[imgfull] [/imgfull] Guest Solomon Rajput is running to unseat an 87-yr-old political dynasty. Also, it’s getting real in Portland.
The hottest new Pure Noise Records up-and-comers, RILEY! have released their highly anticipated new EP, To Live And Die In The American South, today. A brand new band to the alternative music scene, they are earning their stripes left and right. RILEY! has garnered some pretty stellar support from scene legends in the form of collaborations on this new EP. “Two Bucks” features Eric Egan of Heart Attack Man, while “Another Round Of Radical ‘Ritas, Please” features Tades Sandsville of Hot Mulligan. RILEY! proves they can stand on their own, however. The rest of the EP is equally as good,… Read more »
Following the release of “Better Angels,” The Menzingers are back with the title track from their upcoming album, Everything I Ever Saw, which is set to arrive on July 17 via Epitaph Records. Guitarist and vocalist Greg Barnett explains, “The album’s about living in the present, especially during life’s big moments. As musicians in a touring band, we’re constantly looking towards the next thing. I felt like I had been living my life like that for a very long time. Then Everything I Ever Saw just clicked. It tied in with all the other songs about being here in the moment and being there for the… Read more »
Knox has shared the news of his new album, My Midwest Best, arriving on October 2 and announced a massive world tour to celebrate. This news follows his latest single release, “After The After Party,” which serves as a great taster of the new album. The track sees Knox at his catchiest yet, which is saying something because the guy knows how to write a hook! Regarding the album, Knox shared, “My Midwest Best is my proudest work to date. It’s the culmination of all the music I grew up listening to and all the music I learned how to make… Read more »
This summer absolutely belongs to Catch Your Breath…and we’re not mad about it at all! The band just revealed their new single, “Rewind,” via Thriller Records. The thrilling single, no pun intended, is set to appear on their upcoming record, Not Broken Enough, due on August 28. The band explains, “There is a quiet, heavy storm that comes after you realize you gave your entire soul to someone who never truly cared. ‘Rewind’ is our anthem for the broken, the hollowed-out, and the moments we wish we could take back.” Check out the new track below. Catch Your Breath is… Read more »
Pop-punk duo Like Roses is back and better than ever with the release of “Buried,” out via Hopeless Records, which arrives ahead of a busy tour season. The duo says of the track, “The lyrics for this song came together over an extended period of time, and it was validating to realize how the same ideas continued to find meaning across different experiences.” Check out the new track below. Like Roses will be out on the road this summer supporting Driveways with Action/Adventure. Then, you can catch Like Roses in Europe and the UK with Sleeping With Sirens and Arm’s… Read more »
Waterparks is gearing up to release their sixth studio album, JINX, and today they’ve shared dates for intimate in-store signings to celebrate. JINX is set to release on July 24 and the arrival can’t come soon enough. Waterparks isn’t being shy with the rollout, though. They’ve given fans five singles from the upcoming thirteen-track effort. Kicking off strong with “RED GUITAR“, the trio released the reflective tell-all “IF LYRICS WERE CONFIDENTIAL” soon after. Then, Waterparks changed lanes with “ANY MINUTE NOW,” a more somber and introspective track. In true Waterparks fashion, they immediately took a hard left with “PROWLER,” an… Read more »
South Arcade is back with a new music video for “DEADMEAT,” and you just might be able to hear it on the idobi Radio Summer School tour, which is running through the end of July. The bright pop-tinged track is accompanied by a video game-animated music video with a totally cute modern love story with a perfectly Y2K aesthetic. The band says, “We went into writing wanting to tell a sort of modern Romeo and Juliet story (but with a less depressing ending), and we left with ‘DEADMEAT.’ It has this reckless optimism about it where the two characters’ worlds… Read more »
Indie pop fans, rejoice! Genre mainstays The Wldlfe just announced a massive headlining tour this fall with support from Landon Conrath. Alongside the tour drop, the trio unleashed their new single, “No Sleep”—an ideal summer playlist bop. The new single arrives via Nashville’s Riser House Records, an exciting new venture for the group. Vocalist Jansen Hogan says, “Before, it was consistent: write, record, tour, repeat. Now there’s space. We’ve learned what matters most now is making the music what we want to make. There’s so much noise about what you should do. And now… we just want to be ourselves… Read more »
While on the idobi Radio Summer School Tour, Chase Petra has revealed A Terrible Ennui, a vital trio of songs that discuss the plight of being a human…the good, bad, and ugly. Chase Petra shared on Instagram, “Growing up – back when depression first got its grubby hands on me – I used to lament about all of the terrible feelings I felt, mostly to my dad. I asked him how I could possibly feel so bad even in the absence of any ‘real’ hardship (whatever that means). He would reply, ‘You’re suffering a terrible ennui,’ and then he’d laugh.… Read more »